The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-10-23
Axora 4HB moILrB afAeUInEa.
The Teughs and Murderers who Danced Jins
At . lattitng Nellie Iseii,

AMoNa TEE MOBILE 1rA9UIREa.
TIE Tsushs a.d Murderor. who Danced Jiss
nj Uattitng Nellie pnit.
30 these were, Mollie Maguires, and this
was Mollie Mcguire ball.
Well, they certainly looked like tough lot,
and, as sfterward appeared, they were tough
lot but as to their degree Of toughness the
writer had no knowledge ut tho time BE has
always been glad Of this, for II no had enter
tained even faint suspicion OF the natural
and acquired forocity Of some OF tho gentlemen
who attended tho ball the writer would have
been willing to travel long distance over
bad read. and in his bare feet, to get rs far
away from II as possible. They were the cham
pion toughs: they felt IT, they gloried In 1t, and
proclaimed 1t by word and action.
In q region infested with Mollie Maguires
this was tho first ball over held by them that
was so described. It was hold at Shenandoah,
one OF the busiest mining towns In Pennsyl-
vania. and stronghold at the time. Septem-
Der. 1875. OF the Mollie Maguires for there was
lodge there, and the Body Master. as tho
chief offlcer was called. lived theye, and lives
there to-day. Everybody in the town and in
the country round knew "Muff" Lawlor. who
was this Body Master. though everybody did
not know him as such. He obtained his sobrt-
quet Of Mun," not because he was nun. Tor
In his way he was sharp enough. but from his
partially TO O certain breed Of chickens. which
he kept not orlaying but for fighting purposes.
"Muff" Lawlor was o cook fighter. and his
chickens never turned tail till Muir went
back on the order Of which he had been q
shining light. for "Muft' became a. "sdueal-
own neck than for the necks Of those who had
often stood up. against the little bar In bis
@sse
Three Mos EeFs In troas Ss
lance meant murder. al d Eddy Kelly. Jim
Doyle, and Kerriean were @ ught as they were
b bered Country about TamaSua sitter murder
esdS Sn fa Biz n mining IN
Nome %ss T nsyss ssgs ss
not because his shooting. was the first that had
Of which had boon committed in the light Of
Yet q
IL Ss w. %STasS
power Of The Mollies, and slthough thsy, were
securing sSa RsSe " that would
ssssss e any Ssesb sssr' that sS
region Knew q McParlsn's presence Or Of tic
as.o Known ns as Mekenna and
anegsge and p was las rs
Sossn msn Mo Esea as o. lis
stronger on that sscount and their sonidendf
Jones. and, having succeeded. they were lust @
Iw~ I'm rrNA rnr ~
hands Of the raging mob that surrounded the
TsmaaYa Lookup and fo9wed ths c r,
hssSy guard Ell. sld IF E0d IC Is ,bos
%anasd ana sssse rhs tsss
desperate fight was in prospect Hitherto they
three Tire e Of their number who had Killed and been
caught. They must be released. Their con-
s ths
Of, Moilie Magnireism. Suppose one 81 the
G M ThH made
and t G %sSt eos great nc T The
in hs
EIsssss ssps wsy. ' ss q sHssI
that the tine e tss S,a the 9s
guilty ones. These witnesses were 30 thor
RroSandea in their story story to BE- Shaken by The
soad be- q the
shrewdness on the witness stand OF men and
women who could neither read nor no. write: but
sSis e psese Via that the ssssimonS was tissue
Another precaution nearly always taken by
tho Mollies in performing a clean Job was to
dom took the trouble to disguise themselves.
But the eirGumstances surrounding the cap
handed. and were rel identified within a few hours
she Ss down. by whH oh hsa
fnM sSan
That is the cap; saw the brass buttons"
It was, plainly necessary that the Mollies
defence Of these men.
TSsS s ss Pile Sns an
ready for this question. Il. Was to give ball.
When money was needed for any purpose
IL pFgGpSGsns ball
against q snag at the outset; The CHURCH put
the OH Church could not prevent the Mciies from
giving BAL for Mollies were no. good church
affair. In the face Of the Church's fiat no
woman would have the hardihood to attend a
MSllls bsll.a. least such was the opinion ~
was propitious. The hall was large enough.
just large enough, for the attendance was
story Of building and this story MA Was APP
foE inaugurating the trouble was O'Clock.
Fifteen minutes later two females applied
price. They looked at the bare and discolored
| walls, at the rough and uneven floor, at the
plain pine boards that played the part Of
| chairs, OF the flddler-who winked at them-at
| the row OF beer kegs that graced one side OF
the little raised platform on which the, fiddler
SAT. and. finally, at the crowd of men who were
eongresated A the tmme e,l vicinity Of the
and walked down the rickety stairs. They
were not good or beautiful specimens OF their
| sex In fact they were a. hard lot-two hard
lots-but they weren't hard enough to remain
! among the crowd OF toughs who graced this
"Give us chune. Paddy" roared Johnny
Morris.
| the habit Of telling intimate friends that he
wouldn't take O black look from no man. but at
with n MI IN bar of imDroCntiOnS that lOOSeneu